Bill O'Reilly is no stranger to stirring up controversy, but he's about to get himself into some big trouble... on-screen.

The outspoken Fox News anchor will play a murder suspect on an upcoming episode of the TNT detective series "Rizzoli & Isles." (TNT is owned by the same parent company as CNN.)

O'Reilly—who will star as himself on the show—landed the killer role after visiting the set and touring the autopsy room last year, reports TV Guide.

"He took one look at the autopsy table and said, 'Yeah a lot of people would like to see me on that,'" says show creator Janet Tamaro, who has been pals with O'Reilly since working with him at the news series "Inside Edition." "I said, 'Well, how about you come back and do a guest spot.'"

O'Reilly, who is also friends with the series' conservative star Angie Harmon, will shoot his episode in July for a summer air date. Season 2 of "Rizzoli & Isles" kicks off July 11.

I'm no liberal by any means. But to give this guy any more airtime is just stupid. He's a charlatan who makes his money off of lying to his lemming-laced audience. Which I guess makes him not so much a journalist but a perfect politician.

All the msnbc lovers here crack me up. Maddow & olbermann have made many mistakes, google it. They just never own up to them. You accuse other news personalities of doing it, yet you don't offer the proof. All you libs are sheep & believe everything your told. Baaaa

All the O'Reilly haters have never seen his show. You just don't like him because he being paid by Foxnews. Otherwise you would know he is an independent. I am a conservative and do not watch his show anymore because I think he's too easy on the liberals & gives Obama too many passes. Stop making ignorant comments about that of which you know nothing about.

BillyBoy has a very nasty, mean temper. Aside from his forced vocabulary, he will play the part well if its a low life street merchant with no life and a rap sheet a mile long. First scene: him gulping pints in an Irish Pub and cursing like a sailor, sporting multiple tattoos and a spikey hairdo and earring. Remove some moles, don't want him looking to militant, and there ya go – an ex-member of the IRA set lose on American streets to wreek havoc. A perfect suspect!

I am a 'middle of the roader".....I used to watch Fox News network (for a period of nearly 3 years straight). Both parties and supporters lie quite often, tell partial truths and lead you to drink their water. (I don't count the extreme T-partiers as a real viable party yet). I also do not watch MSNBC – they were also prediduced in their own way – although not to the extreme extent of Fox. I will never vote for anyone who has been a paid contributor for Fox. Bill O is a walking talking joke......"np spin" = not true. When I saw him interrupt the President 40+ times for the Super Bowl interview....he made himself look like an idiot..........

Why does this article refer to Ms. Harmon as a "conservative" star. CNN please show me any previous artices with the term liberal star next to Mat Damon, George Clooney etc... This is an example of both poor and very biased journalism.

i think its funny you guys call conservitives liars when you look at the obama amin you see ex communist, people that believe in population control, people that would rather save afish than save a farm' im sure obama dont play politics hahaha people that would rather pay 10 a gallon than to hurt any wildlife obama said himself he wanted higher gas prices to turn people away from oil you think hes looking out for you hahayou will relize when he gets done bankrupting our great nation i voted for him but never will again that was a bigger diseaster than bush

"you guys call conservitives liars" It's a lie. I never harmed a conserveritiver in my life. Now, I've said mean things about conversatives, and I've said covertiveriters are't worth a buck of warm "spit," and certainly I've ragged on the comercialitiveistics over and over, but those "conservitives" are just plain off-limits. Why? Because they are as crazy as a shifthouse rat.

j, you should consider getting out more and then maybe you will consider what a great nation we truly live in. Free speech and a healthy debate is what made this country great. Add some playful humor into it and you may be amazed how open minded one can be. By the way, your comments above have nothing to do with the original subject matter. Did you really vote for Obama in '08? If so, you are the first conservative that has admitted it in writing. Congratulations!

Somebody sure lit your fire, eh? Maybe if you chill out a bit and engage a little conscious thought, you might be able to join a discussion. Seems you've been well programmed by the propagandists at fox; that will take some de-programming.

Typical liberals. If they do not get their way they want to take the ball and go home. Even if the ball does not belong to them. Go ahead, hold your breath until you turn blue. As with any spoiled brat eventually you will be ignored.

I believe you have just described conservatives far more accurately than you have described liberals. My Teabagging relatives immediately retreat to "Let's agree to disagree" stance because they cannot back up their views – and worse, refuse to let FACTS into their thinking.

Well, he is a man who made a great fortune infalming people with talk about "Culture Wars" calling himself a Culture Warrior. He regularly name-calls people, referring to them as pin-heads for committing the sin of having a differing opinion. Also, he is a liar:
O'Reilly falsely claimed Bush didn't oppose 9-11 Commission.
O'Reilly fabricated "Paris Business Review" as source for success of French boycott.
O'Reilly claimed "Socialistic" French, Germans, and Canadian governments tax at 80 percent. Not true.

But then again, lying is a great and proven money-maker! It has been for centuries. Donald Trump spit out a whole bunch of lies about Obama and got to be #1 in the polls on the Repub side for a while. Republicans told lies about Health Care Reform being a way to have government kill grandma. Lying is the way to fame, money, and power. Don't fault him for making tons of money and being a success by telling lies. He's just being a rational person, the rewards he gets for telling lies far outweigh the damage done to America by those lies in his eyes.

In the final analysis, he is already a great actor, lying into the camera every day with smug self satisfaction that his destructive lies earn him more money in a year than most of his viewers will see in a lifetime of work. He will be great on R&I.

As someone who does not like Bill O'Reilly. I am glad he is doing this. He is losing even more credibility. You never saw Walter Cronkite, Ed Murrow or Dan Rather, compromising their integrity by stooping so low. This is blatant amateur hour, pardon the pun, for O'Reilly to do this and it can only hurt the little bit of reputation he has.

OMG I am never watching that show again....I can't believe those people are his friends. How disappointing. And He is no Dan Rather or Walter Cronkite- he is a sensationalist hack who has nothing of value to say- he justs likes to be controversial to gain attention

The simple fact that Bill is aired solely on Fox should be a clue. Anyone capable of critical thought should see that he's simply a shill for Murdoch, Ailes, and the other aged hitler-jungen. Hate, discontent, obfuscation.

Mmmmmm, loved that show but not so much now,I know this but might wait till they have Palin on . Perhaps they will have all the GOP candidates on and the show will turn into a GOP debate......
Bad move for this show to get into politics!

All the stupid people who say I wont watch that show anymore. probably never watched it to begin with. Watch the liberal Law and Order shows instead. . After O'Reilly touts that show more peole will be watching it than less.

Does this mean O'Reilly gets whacked? I f so, then he could be teleported into the Fringe series and get whacked again. But the way that show works, he'd have to get whacked in both universes for it to take.

Is it true that they are casting him as a pedophile that murders children?? Now THAT I would watch, as it probably is closer to the truth than anything. He was, after all, studying to be a priest. Perversions, perversions, perversions.
And Angie Harmon is officially a turd.

munimula – Even money says you're full of it. No one can be so stupid and dense as to believe that "hey, if I don't watch the show, or buy the product, soon I'll have everyone pandering to my every whim!" Go ahead, complain to the sponsors – they'll agree with me in the fact you put WAY too much stock in YOUR opinion. You are right – money does talk the loudest...and there is more out there than what YOU supply. You are insignificant. Have a great day.

This is great. ANY show who ties themselves with this evil piece of snake dung should suffer the consequences of a boycott. I will NO longer watch this show, nor will I support the sponsors. If the producers think that this is a draw for watchers,ooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhh,, BIG MISTAKE, BIG, BIG Mistake. Might be a good idea to complain to the sponsors....Money talks the loudest.....

i used to like this show and was happy that Angie Harmon was back on TV... now I won't watch anymore. I hope Angie will be very happy with her co-star in stupidity. What a huge mistake ther're making in casting this a–hole.

You are not watching a show because of who they have as a guest star on one episode? I take it you never watched Law & Order because during its run I'm sure they cast someone you despise. I'm pretty sure they cast someone you can't stand at some point, as it seems everyone was on that show.

Whats funny is how right-wing defends the indefensible, the people who makes a living out of screwing over the middle-class... The people who has made a career out insulting Obama, no matter what he does. I guess when you watch Fox 24/7 and you THINK you're getting facts, the misinformation overrules your good judgement.

I don't care, and no one needs to be ashamed of themselves for this. I don't like O'Reilly, but I don't see the harm on him guest starring on this low-rated cable show. He is a murder suspect after all ....

Only two concerns really, 1. O'Reilly is the super slueth of the week, coming up with the killer before anyone else. Not a big deal, but seems alittle on the nose.

2. The murder victim is some clone of Olberman or Maddow. That would seem dumb.

One more concern would be the murder was some liberal conspiracy against O'Reilly to frame him for murder, or was staged to improve ratings for their show/blog/radio program. The would be lame.

If the story takes place in a trailer park, they'll be able to cast Sarah Palin as well. Just remember, you can always take the trash out of the trailer, but you can never take the trailer out of the trash.

Yes, in contrast to Sarah, Bill Clinton has brains, smarts and charisma. He just couldn't control his man thing when the opportunity presented itself... Probably not true of most of the abusive male bloggers around here who use blogs to get an ego boost and make up for shortcomings in other areas.

The producers of "R & I" should be ashamed of themselves for giving props to a fascist blowhard like O'Reilly – a man who has made millions by broadcasting lies. Watch out for the next episode, in which Rush Limbaugh plays a nun.

You have obviously forgotten Kieth Dobermann...He IS the biggest loser. The new attack dog ED Schultz is a Pimp for unions and the Left. Rachel Maddow is a snarky left winger who can't see two sides of any issue. Both of these people do a lot of name calling. One thing that is classy about O'Rielly is that he may attack the network but NEVER mentions the hosts by name....well he does refer to them a pinheads...

Ron in California
I keep asking the reich wingers to name specific examples where Keith or Rachael have lied and they never answer. Billo the clown, however, has lied numerous times about science, history, and non-christians. That's the Truth.

Oh I get it, it's okay for your president to go on the "View" and "Oprah" while this country dismantles but let someone from the other side to a guest role on an "Entertainment" show and that's crazy. Wow.. "He who controls the media, controls the minds of the public".

Ron,
You're a middle-class brainwashed nut who believes every piece if misinformation Fox and Rush puts out. How can you be middle-class and support the right-wing? The party who wants to uplift the rich at the expense of the middle-class and poor. Keep drinking the Fox poison.